EDITOR. VTEnSFSDAY MOMIXG, KEPT. 5, 18?7. Th Exourlon. The excursion to Chautauqua yen ttrdny was a succoes in Enjoyment on J 3', as it did not pay financially. About two hundred people were on the train, which arrived : at Mayville on time, where lay the steamer Mayville wait ing. All along down the lake the party kept dropping off at the differ- ent points Lakoview getting the larg er number. The day was just riyht fur a Bail and raort of the excursionists availed themselves , of this pleasure. Thosu who went on to Jamestown speut the afternoon in shopping and trying to get a little fun cut of a town, that feels blue, looks blue and is blue. However, those, who went ever to the Weeks House had rather the best of ' it. as a first-class meal makes even a blue town look different to a visitor. ; At eight o'clock the steamer May- '.'yille, -nicely decorated with colored lanterns, left her docks with the ex cursionists homeward bound. The up- r per deek was soon monopoliztd by the i da...

.tlcraan was witness, n few days , ti a eharp trick at cards on a pas rft'ngor train on one of our Western railroads noted for the favor in which three-card-rnonte men and other card sharps hold it. A well-dressed, cleri cal -looking gentleman had attracted a crowd of gaping passengers around him by a number of ingenious and skillfully executed tricks with a pack of playing card", and, at last, shuffling the cards several times and slapping them down on his knee, he said : "I'll bet any man in the crowd that I can cut the jack of diamonds at the first attempt." Every one huug back sua piciously, until a green, gawky-looking individual with hav.iepil in his hair. pushed forward. "Mister," he ques tioned, "may I take a squint at them keerds?" "Certainly," repliod the pro fessional, as he handed them over. The man inspected them suspiciously, and then, apparently satisfied, returned them, but aid not take the bet. "The cards are all right, aren't they ?" the professional asked. "Ya'as,...

r wna given, tfto siJenc?e j i!iom Until once more. i or n nour the ofllco clock ticked a hAo id the quietness, .when Walter Mnillancl roso slowlr from his chair, with the Times unfolded in his hand, nnJ, letting tba paper faltf canio and etood upon the rug besiJo his friend, who had just ro-entered from the hank. Very gently ho laid his hand upon his Rcnior'e nhoulder, "Dart, old friend ! I whnf to ppcak - . j. i .. i ' . u ic.r nuiuj iu jruu in great cnrnesi- new. Since wo raet yesterday mornine, I bate grown to feel quite certain of ono thing quite. The tirno has not in roality been very long, but it seem ed o, and gave me plenty of opportu nity for thought ; and wli.it I have , grown to feel 80 sure of in this, I shall never marry now." "Nor I," replied Maurice, meaning , it as men do not often mean the phrase, though they utter it as firmly. "I funded not. Now, we are both wealthy men, Dart," continued Wal ter, bravely and gently, "and this wealth we ottered a day or two go, to...

- EDITOR liXMESDAT HORSING, SEPT. 19, JS77. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. FOIl SUPREME JUDGE, HON. JAMES P. STJGRKETT, OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. FOR STATE TREASURER, CAPT. W. B. HART, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, nON. J. A. M. PASSMORE, OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. FOR TREASURER, WJI. LAWRENCE, OF TIONESTA, OUR NOMINEES. That our readers may kuow Borne- thing of nur State nominee?, we ex tract the following facta from their personal history : Judge James P.Sterrett is about fifty-five years old, a resident of Pitts burgh, and a native of Western Penn sylvania. He has passed most of his professional life in Allegheuy county, where he has twice been elected to the President Judgeship the 6ccond time, in 1872, without any opposition from the Democracy. On the death of Judge Williams of the Supreme Court last winter, the Governor appointed Judge Sterrett to fill the vacancy, and his high character and sound judicial abil ity nave justly earned him the nomi nation ...

' o y, whoso idea , . ' iifilui,. 83 being too , i i tinl whose constitutional cr.isity la quickened by the high ;oJif.'iou8 predilections that form a loading feature in his uhnrnctcr. This old man while wending his way home ward oae evening last week saw a piece of meat lying near the sidewalk, which his kind heart suggested had been dropped there by an all-wise Provider for the benefit of his faithful cur, which answered to the name "Bulger." The meat was picked up and placed very carefully in the old man's bag, and as lie walked on he thought over and over again of the joy Bulger would experi ence in devouring the feast ho had found for him. When be had reached his homo hetteatcd himself on his steps, nnd whistled for Burger, who came, wagging his tail and manifesting other pymptwms of pleasure at seeing his an cient friend. Taking the meat from the bag, the old man said : "Da ole man fetch yer a bone, yer uasty lazy thing, and here it is rale good meat ; take it and eat it, and ...

EDITOR, m EDSESDAT JiORNlSG, SEI7. 16, lc7. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. j FOR SUPREME JUDGE, j iion. .tames r. steriiett, ' or ALLEG II F.N Y COUNTY". FOK STATE THFASUHF.lt, CAIT. W. I?. HAuT, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. FOR AUDITOK GEN I'.HA L, nox. j. a. m. passmoiu:, OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. FOR TREASURER, WM. LAWItl'Ci:, OF TIONKSTA. The Erie Dispatch soys the dis play of live stock nt tlio State Fair will exceed that of nny ever given by the society. The different breeds of cattle, Short Horns, Ayrshire, Devon, Holstein, Alderneys aud olher breeds will be there in great numbers. As to the horses, some of the very best blood will be represented. There will be a few days' delay in building the railroad bridge acroBS the Clarion river, owing to a mistake hav ing been made in the calculation. The abutments were built and the bridge framed, but it was discovered the abut ments were nine feet too far apart, or the bridge nine feet too short, conse quently that much more...

m , t tua harvest is over, far- .s'jouM make it a matter of prituo M.iortauce to boo to it that their roa lora, mowers, hay rakes and tedders are carefully put away, and not bo left to exposure is the fields where last used. A correspondent of the Ameri can Cultivator gives this impressive ad vice upou this subject: "We cannot too strongly urge the necessity of proper caro of farm undo meats. This care especially consists in housing, painting and repairing; in return for which we have toota that are better, that will wear longer, and that will be loss liable to break as well a vastly more convenient to use. the total result of which is economy. "Every farmer should make it a rule to keep his tools under cover when not in use. There aro always corners enough iu a barn whero hoes, shovels, plows and harrows can bo stored away at any time without be ing in the way. At a trifling expense a shed can bo built, in which may be kept the wagons, caris, mowing ma chines, etc., it will take no...

r editor. VETiNESDAY WQRMXC, OCT. S, 1S77. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. for supreme judge, HON. JAMES P. STEKRETT, or ALLEGHENY COUNTY. FOR STATE TREASURER, CAI'T. W. H. HART, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. FOIt AUDITOR GENERAL, HON. J. A. M. PASSMORE, OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. FOR TREASURER, WM. LAWRENCE, OF TIONESTA. Hartranft and Cbmerort. Tho Democratic papers tire making n mountain out of a molehill, when t'ley try to make it appear that there is likely to be a rupture between Gov ernor Hartranft and Senator Cameron. In speaking upon this subject the AVilliamsport Gazette and Bulletin says: "Undue importance is given by some of the papers to the defeat of Mr. How ard J. Reeder in the State Convention as foreshadowing au open' rupture be Gov. Hrrtranft and Senator J. P. Cameron. That there is nothing in the report worthy of serious considera tion is proven by the statement of Mr. Ilaeder himself, who thus spoke to a friend after tho convention had finished its work : 'I...